South Africa’s proudest export, Seether, is still shaking up charts around the world.

Billboard announced a new No.1 on the Mainstream Rock chart this week. Seether’s smash hit, ‘Fake It’, has shot to the top spot, dethroning ‘The Pretender’ by the Foo Fighters. Over the last eleven weeks the song has become impossible to ignore.

Such success with a single is rarely accomplished without MTV airplay. Yet Seether’s music video for ‘Fake It’ was only launched 8 weeks later, giving the high flying single even more power. In a unique move Seether allowed fans to add the video premier to their websites and myspace pages. The ‘Fake It’ video launched across more than 46,000 fans websites around the world. Back home MK launched the music video on Studio One last Friday and have already added it to their highest rotation – accompanied by a video of the band proving that, despite living in the states, they can still “praat die taal”.

The new Seether album, “Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces”, has proved to have serious staying power on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The album entered the chart at No.9 just below new rock releases by Serj Tankian (No.4) and Coheed and Cambria (No.6). After the second week of sales Seether eased into the No.22 spot while Serj Tankian dropped to No.24 and Coheed and Cambria to No.44.

Back home the album is proving to be one of the most anticipated releases of the year, selling faster than any previous Seether album. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces beat the likes of Britney Spears by entering the Musica Megastore chart at No.12 as well as enjoying the No.35 spot on the Musica chart. The album has secured Top10 positions across Look and Listen stores, including the No.1 spot at Look and Listen East Rand.

Seether’s success can only be expected to explode over the next few weeks. The band is excited about returning to South Africa for a few key shows during December and January. Watch this space for details.